Benny Bengough

Position: Catcher

Bats: Right • Throws: Right

5-7, 168lb (170cm, 76kg)

Born: July 27, 1898 in Niagara Falls, NY us

Died: December 22, 1968 in Philadelphia, PA

Buried: St. Dominic's Cemetery, Philadelphia, PA

School: Niagara University (Lewiston, NY)

Debut: May 18, 1923 (Age 24-295d, 5,744th in major league history)
vs. SLB 5 AB, 0 H, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 SB

Last Game: September 24, 1932 (Age 34-059d)
vs. DET 5 AB, 2 H, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 SB

Rookie Status: Exceeded rookie limits during 1925 season

Full Name: Bernard Oliver Bengough

Pronunciation: \ben-goff\

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SUMMARY

Career

WAR

0.4

1125

287

.255

RBI

108

OBP

.295

SLG

.317

OPS

.613

OPS+

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Summary

Team Record in Appearances	28-16 / in Starts: 21-8
Longest Hitting Streak	4 games
Longest On Base Streak	6 games
Most Games w/o HR	41 games
Most Games w/o RBI	8 games
Grand Slams	0 in 1 bases loaded PA and 1 AB, Data is incomplete
Go-Ahead Hits:	1

RBI Opportunities

RBIs
in 109 PAs	12
Actual Runners on Base	81 (37-29-15) Data is incomplete
Avg. MLBer w/ 109 PAs	14
Avg. Runners on Base	73 (37-22-13)

Most Driven In
L Lary	4
H Rice	3
L Gehrig	2
B Chapman	1
J Reese	1
T Lazzeri	1
E Combs	0
D Cooke	0

Most Driven In By
E Combs	3
R Ruffing	2
B Chapman	1
H Johnson	1
H Rice	1
B Ruth	1
L Lary	1

1930 Batting Game Log

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1930 Batting Game Log
Rk	Gcar	Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
1	274	12 (11)	May 2	NYY		CHW	L,1-10	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0					8						C
2	275	22 (9)	May 13	NYY		SLB	W,4-1	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.90	-0.103	1.59	-0.11%	-1.36	C
3	276	26 (3)	May 20	NYY	@	BOS	W,7-4	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.000	.000	.000	.000	8	.94	-0.024	2.13	-0.03%	-0.33	C
4	277	27	May 21 (1)	NYY	@	PHA	L,7-15	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.167	.167	.167	.333	6	.09	0.004	.26	0.01%	0.23	C
5	278	32 (4)	May 24 (2)	NYY		PHA	W,11-1	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.200	.200	.400	8	.34	-0.037	1.01	-0.07%	-1.04	C
6	279	34 (1)	May 26	NYY		WSH	L,7-10	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.154	.154	.154	.308	8	.71	-0.088	2.36	-0.18%	-1.40	C
7	280	38 (3)	May 30 (2)	NYY		BOS	W,7-3	CG	4	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.250	.250	.250	.500	8	.57	0.060	1.11	0.07%	0.39	C
Jun		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
8	281	41 (2)	Jun 3	NYY	@	CHW	W,13-7	6-GF	1	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.294	.294	.353	.647	6	.06	0.004	.14	0.01%	0.43	C
9	282	42	Jun 4	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-8	GS-8	3	3	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.300	.450	.750	8	1.59	-0.116	3.71	-0.16%	-1.10	C
10	283	49 (6)	Jun 13	NYY	@	DET	W,10-9	CG	5	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.292	.320	.417	.737	8	.97	-0.060	2.69	-0.10%	-0.44	C
11	284	50	Jun 14	NYY	@	CLE	W,11-7	GS-5	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1		0		0	0	.280	.308	.400	.708	8	.67	-0.030	2.46	-0.07%	-0.55	C
12	285	61 (10)	Jun 25 (2)	NYY		SLB	W,16-4	7-GF	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		1	0	.269	.296	.385	.681	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.62	C
13	286	63 (1)	Jun 27	NYY		CLE	L,7-11	7-9	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.286	.370	.656	7	.03	-0.001	.14	0.00%	-0.26	C
14	287	64	Jun 28 (1)	NYY		CLE	W,13-1	6-GF	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.286	.310	.393	.703	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	0.40	C
15	288	65	Jun 28 (2)	NYY		CLE	W,14-2	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.276	.300	.379	.679	7	.00	0.000	.00	0.00%	-0.48	C
Jul		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
16	289	73 (7)	Jul 5	NYY	@	WSH	L,2-3	7-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.300	.323	.400	.723	7	2.00	0.063	8.83	0.17%	0.29	C
17	290	75 (1)	Jul 8 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,0-4	GS-8	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.281	.303	.375	.678	8	.74	-0.042	2.22	-0.08%	-0.54	C
18	291	80 (4)	Jul 12 (2)	NYY	@	CHW	W,11-7	GS-7	3	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.265	.286	.353	.639	7	1.53	-0.117	2.12	-0.10%	-1.17	C
19	292	82 (1)	Jul 14 (1)	NYY	@	CHW	L,9-10	GS-7	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.263	.324	.587	7	.84	-0.066	1.34	-0.06%	-0.85	C
20	293	84 (1)	Jul 15	NYY	@	CHW	W,9-5	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	0		0		0	0	.220	.238	.293	.531	8	1.16	-0.090	1.80	-0.08%	-1.47	C
21	294	85	Jul 16	NYY	@	SLB	W,2-1	GS-9	3	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		1		0	0	.227	.244	.295	.540	8	.84	0.056	1.32	0.05%	0.57	C
22	295	88 (2)	Jul 19	NYY	@	SLB	W,13-7	7-GF	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.222	.239	.289	.528	7	.04	-0.001	.05	0.00%	-0.21	C
Aug		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
23	296	104 (15)	Aug 2 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,3-9	5-GF	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.213	.229	.277	.506	6	.05	-0.003	.07	0.00%	-0.55	C
24	297	106 (1)	Aug 3	NYY		PHA	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	1	0	0	0	3	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.216	.231	.275	.505	8	1.01	-0.068	1.02	-0.04%	0.72	C
25	298	107	Aug 5 (1)	NYY		WSH	L,4-6	2-8	3	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.208	.236	.264	.501	6	.90	-0.042	.60	-0.02%	-0.39	C
26	299	108	Aug 5 (2)	NYY		WSH	W,7-1	CG	4	4	1	1	0	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.211	.237	.298	.536	8	.27	0.106	.15	0.03%	0.27	C
27	300	109	Aug 6	NYY		BOS	W,4-2	CG	4	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.200	.238	.283	.521	8	.56	-0.019	.39	-0.01%	-0.50	C
28	301	110	Aug 7	NYY		BOS	W,5-1	CG	4	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.219	.254	.297	.551	8	.51	-0.012	.51	-0.01%	0.03	C
29	302	111	Aug 8	NYY		SLB	W,5-3	CG	4	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.221	.254	.309	.562	8	.79	-0.030	.84	-0.02%	-0.57	C
30	303	112	Aug 9	NYY		SLB	W,9-8	GS-4	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.217	.250	.304	.554	8	1.06	-0.031	.89	-0.02%	-0.39	C
31	304	113	Aug 10	NYY		SLB	W,14-11	GS-8	4	3	0	2	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.236	.267	.319	.586	8	.98	0.115	.72	0.05%	1.06	C
32	305	114	Aug 11	NYY		SLB	L,5-10	GS-6	2	2	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.243	.273	.338	.611	8	.64	0.093	.54	0.05%	0.97	C
33	306	115	Aug 12	NYY		DET	W,6-5	GS-9	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.263	.325	.587	8	1.04	-0.096	.76	-0.04%	-1.54	C
34	307	116	Aug 13	NYY		DET	W,10-8	CG	4	4	2	3	0	0	0	2	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.259	.286	.346	.631	8	.46	0.067	.30	0.03%	2.19	C
35	308	117	Aug 14	NYY		DET	L,1-5	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.253	.279	.337	.616	8	2.08	-0.159	1.25	-0.06%	-1.48	C
36	309	119 (1)	Aug 17 (2)	NYY		CHW	L,1-6	GS-5	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.262	.287	.345	.633	8	.64	0.027	.33	0.01%	0.40	C
37	310	120	Aug 18	NYY		CHW	W,11-4	CG	5	5	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.247	.272	.326	.598	8	.56	0.018	.21	0.00%	-0.99	C
38	311	121	Aug 19	NYY		CHW	W,3-0	CG	3	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.239	.263	.315	.578	8	.99	-0.101	.33	-0.02%	-1.06	C
39	312	122	Aug 21	NYY		CLE	L,5-6	GS-7	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.258	.309	.566	8	1.30	-0.088	.61	-0.03%	-0.93	C
Sept		Gtm	Date	Tm		Opp	Rslt	Inngs	PA	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	BB	IBB	SO	HBP	SH	SF	ROE	GDP	SB	CS	BA	OBP	SLG	OPS	BOP	aLI	WPA	acLI	cWPA	RE24	Pos
40	313	129 (6)	Sep 1 (1)	NYY		PHA	L,2-3	9-GF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.234	.258	.309	.566	7						C
41	314	134 (4)	Sep 6	NYY		WSH	W,3-2	1-GF	3	3	0	1	1	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.260	.320	.580	7	1.01	0.029	.00	0.00%	0.13	C
42	315	147 (12)	Sep 18	NYY	@	SLB	W,7-6	10-GF(10)	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		0	0	0		0		0	0	.237	.260	.320	.580	8						C
43	316	150 (2)	Sep 21	NYY	@	CHW	L,7-15	0-GF	1	1	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0				0	0	.245	.267	.327	.594	4						C
44	317	154 (3)	Sep 28	NYY	@	BOS	W,9-3	CG	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0		0		0	0	.235	.257	.314	.571	8	.47	-0.053	.00	0.00%	-1.40	C
							28-16		109	102	10	24	4	2	0	12	3	0	8	0	2		3		1	0	.235	.257	.314	.571		.78	-0.835	1.08	-0.82%	-12.30

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